Unusual parapharyngeal lesion: aberrant thyroid gland
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1-2008
Abstract
An ectopic location of the thyroid gland usually occurs in the midline, starting anywhere from the tongue to the diaphragm. The occurrence of an ectopic thyroid gland in a non-midline site is extremely rare. We report a 32-year-old Malay woman with an aberrant thyroid gland presenting as a parapharyngeal lesion. She had a normally functioning thyroid gland. An ectopic thyroid should be considered as one of the differential diagnoses in the parapharyngeal mass.
Keywords
Diagnosis, Differential, Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Divisions
fac_med
Publication Title
Singapore Medical Journal
Volume
49
Issue
5
Publisher
Stamford Publishing Pte Ltd / Singapore Medical Association
Additional Information
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Malaya Medical Centre, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
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